Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Robert Blumofe on DDoS Attacks, API Security, Zero Trust and FIDO2-MFARobert Blumofe, executive vice president and CTO at Akamai, expects social engineering, phishing, extortion and AI-driven attacks to dominate the threat landscape. He advised enterprises to use FIDO2-based MFA, zero trust, microsegmentation and API security to reduce risks.

Join our webinar to hear more about the value of Zero Trust unified identity protection platforms Webinar The first six months of this year have been characterized by relentless cyber security attacks whether state-induced (Russia's attacks on Ukraine), or incidents of criminal extortion and data theft. In such a threatening environment it is vital that organizations and enterprises defend themselves from internet and identity-based attacks.…

Once former supplier Sitel coughed up its logs, it became apparent the attacker was hemmed in Okta has completed its analysis of the March 2022 incident that saw The Lapsus$ extortion crew get a glimpse at some customer information, and concluded that its implementation of zero trust techniques foiled the attack – and that its (former) outsourced customer service provider Sitel was largely to blame for the confusion surrounding the incident.…